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Hi,

*** 310 miles!!!  *** (Or 500km (but that sounds even worse!)
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Update 27.8 - Ditchling Beacon done.  Could not move when at the top.  Also using a turbo trainer when raining - trashed one rear tyre, even getting the smell of burning rubber - would be great to be able to do the same on the road!

Still very much at the back of the pack on training runs, but at least am making it to the end.  Less than two weeks to go and thinking I need to stock up on Deep Heat.
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Update 23.7 - Training now fully underway  - Many thanks to Duncan - Cramming 7 months into 7 weeks.  There is hope!
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I am doing the London to Paris bike ride this September, and need your help - It's on a bicycle, not motorbike.

Once you have stopped laughing at the thought of me doing this ride to which my beloved Elizabeth has kindly signed me up, please think about the pain I will be suffering in so many ways.

Having not ridden a bike for nearly 20 years I don't remember it being so hard, nor the saddle so small.  Also it appears that having done no exercise since stopping playing rugby a few years ago may nothave been the best preparation.  It would be so much easier if the bike had a motor.

The realisation of the challenge ahead has even meant that I have given up work to put in the time to get me through this alive - if not quickly.  (Yes, really leaving BT!)

So why have I accepted this daft challenge?  Because the cause is worth it, and one that justifies your generous support.

The SVP tackles disadvantage and exclusion in various forms and offers the hand of friendship to anyone who needs it,  It also helps people in very practical ways such as providing holidays for children and families who would otherwise go without, helping out with items of furniture, offering debt counselling to those in difficulty or organising day trips for the elderly and housebound.

Please do give very generously.

Cheers,

Jason.

PS - I have now at least bought a bike!

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Well done Jason, I am sure that you've well and truly earned a pint of Fullers! Donation by Gary Millward 26/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Well done chap. Donation by Better late than not 22/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by Bullies 07/10/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Well done, Jason Donation by Peter Iles 17/09/09  

£75.00 + £21.15 Gift Aid

Great effort, you will be a changed man untill Xmas then it is back to normal!!!! Donation by Harjit Banwatt 15/09/09  

£5.00

Well done Jason ! Donation by John Hopkins 14/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Aaagh! He's going to make it! We'll have to donate. Donation by Duncan and Jane 11/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

See photos of the start here http://www.flickr.com/photos/42365196@N05/?saved=1 Donation by CCRA 11/09/09  

£2.00 + £0.56 Gift Aid

Be careful it can become addictive. Donation by John and Jan 10/09/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Someone needed to meet the target! Best wishes, I hope it's going well. (one of Elizabeth's old school friends). Donation by Jay (Pierre) Raby 10/09/09  

£39.00 + £11.00 Gift Aid

Wishing you all the best for your trip. You will do just fine. Donation by Emma Read 09/09/09  

Good luck Jason! Donation by Paul Mason 09/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Best of luck with the ride. I look forward to meeting the new, leaner Jason. Donation by Douglas Greenwell 09/09/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Donation by Michael A Worthington 09/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck Jason!!!! Donation by Lorna J Pepper 08/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Keep on truckin' - that is, cycling! We want to see the pics. Donation by Leonard Weir 07/09/09  

Good luck, we'll be thinking of you! Donation by The Rippingale's 07/09/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Good luck with the cycling the gain is worth the strain and the pain! Donation by Kevin Harrison 06/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good Luck!!! Donation by Joanna Wlodarczyk 04/09/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Go, Jason! Best of luck and enjoy Paris when you get there Donation by Mary Abel 28/08/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Come on Jason...you can do it!!! Good luck Donation by Snjezana Raic 27/08/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

All the best Jason. I am very impressed with your dedication. Donation by Andrea Hewitt 24/08/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

We'll be with you in spirit every turn of the pedals. Just think how good that beer'll taste on the Champs Elysees! Donation by Rosemary & John 15/08/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck, Jason, and thanks. Donation by anonymous 10/08/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Best of luck Jason! You'll be able to get up those hills...... I know it!!! Donation by julian and ali rose 09/08/09  

£35.00 + £9.87 Gift Aid

Keep up the training and I'm looking forward to watching you cross the finish line in Paris Donation by Elizabeth Palmer 03/08/09  

£75.00 + £21.15 Gift Aid

I look forward to a celerbratory drink to mark your achievement. Donation by John Palmer 24/07/09  

£50.00

Good luck Jason Donation by Jack 23/07/09  

£10.00

Good luck in your effort to raise funds for the SVP. Donation by John Scicluna 21/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous 20/07/09  

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